Does frenotomy improve breast-feeding difficulties in infants with ankyloglossia?

Pediatrics International

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 497-505

  Ito, Yasuo ^a  

^a International University of Health and Welfare   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ankyloglossia; Breast feeding; Frenotomy; GRADE; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANKYLOGLOSSIA; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CHILD SAFETY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRENOTOMY; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; INFANT; LACTATION; MASTALGIA; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; META ANALYSIS; MILK PRODUCTION; ORAL SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SUCKING; SWALLOWING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT GAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MOUTH ABNORMALITIES; NEWBORN; NIPPLE; PAIN; TONGUE FRENULUM;

BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINGUAL FRENUM; MOUTH ABNORMALITIES; NIPPLES; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84915791097     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ped.12429     Document Type: Article

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